Swedish Automobiles Are the Best (SAAB) sells two types of vehicles: a truck and a car. The monthly inverse demand or price equation for trucks is estimated as P = 65 -0.05Q (where Qt is the number of trucks sold and Pt is the price per truck in thousands). For cars is: Pe = 55 - 0.1Qc. It costs SAAB $27 (thousand) to produce each additional truck and $21 (thousand) to produce each additional car, so MC₁ = 27 and MC = 21. Assume no fixed cost so TC = MC × Q. X Suppose now that SAAB's production capacity is limited to 400 vehicles per month. Determine the profit-maximizing quantities of trucks (Q) and cars (Qc) and the total profit for each vehicle type with the new optimal quantities caused by the constraint.

Swedish Automobiles Are the Best (SAAB) sells two types of vehicles: a truck and a car. The monthly inverse demand or price equation for trucks is estimated as P = 65 -0.05Q (where Qt is the number of trucks sold and Pt is the price per truck in thousands). For cars is: Pe = 55 - 0.1Qc. It costs SAAB $27 (thousand) to produce each additional truck and $21 (thousand) to produce each additional car, so MC₁ = 27 and MC = 21. Assume no fixed cost so TC = MC × Q. X Suppose now that SAAB's production capacity is limited to 400 vehicles per month. Determine the profit-maximizing quantities of trucks (Q) and cars (Qc) and the total profit for each vehicle type with the new optimal quantities caused by the constraint.

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